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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her son Pen in 1860 

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Tomb of Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the Cimitero degli Inglesi, Florence - foto by Lucarelli

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"You’re something between a dream and a miracle."

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning (via paigeypaige19)

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 Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, by Michele Gordigiani, 1858.

This pair of portraits was commissioned by an American admirer, Sophia Eckley, when the Brownings were living in Florence. Browning called his own portrait “by far the best ever taken”, and pronounced the other “to be the best portrait ever taken of the Poetess.”

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above: William Morris (1834-1896): Woodpecker tapestry (detail), 1885

“I think of thee!" (XXIX. Sonnet from the Portuguese) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)  

I think of thee!—-my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree, Put out broad leaves, and soon there’s nought to see Except the straggling green which hides the wood. Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood I will not have my thoughts instead of thee Who art dearer, better! Rather, instantly Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should, Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare, And let these bands of greenery which insphere thee Drop heavily down,—-burst, shattered, everywhere! Because, in this deep joy to see and hear thee And breathe within thy shadow a new air, I do not think of thee—-I am too near thee.

(72 days)

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Palestinian Girls wearing their traditional clothes

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A criminal is publicly whipped in the street, Persia , Circa 1910 -

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A framed polychrome tiledepicting four youths in a scene of outdoor leisure amid a floral landscape with buildings in the distance, a white border to the top decorated with a vine motif comprising flowerheads and perched birds, Qajar art, Iran, 19th century, 36.5 x 33 cm, private collection, source: sothebys.com.

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Ugo Mulas ph. - Circus Calder, 1963-64

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Vegetarian Vampires ~ Remedios Varo

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Ibrāhīm Ibn Adham of Balkh Served by Angels (Detail) c. 1750-1775 Mughal, probably Oudh

Attributed to Mīr Kalān Khān From the Read Mughal Album 29.5 x 41.5 cm The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

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Detail of Nebuchadnezzar II's cuneiform inscription on the Ishtar Gate.

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Alexandre Charles Guillemot (1786-1831) Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Detail) Oil on canvas, 1827

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  Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

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Shinto shrine, Japan.  Photography by Rachel Blaser